שָׂרַף saraph

Hebrew word for “to burn” · Strong’s H8313 · used 117 times in 107 verses

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Meaning

1) to burn; 1a) (Qal) to burn;

How it is translated

Glosses given for saraph in context, with how often each is used:

• burned 45
• will burn 27
• will be burned 11
• burn 5
• people will burn 4
• had burned 4
• will burn ! 3
• has burned 2
• one who burns 2
• burns 2
• us burn 1
• may be burned 1

Where it is used

Also in 9 more books.

Chapters where it is used most

2 Kings 23 (6), Jeremiah 36 (5), Joshua 11 (4), Leviticus 13 (3), 1 Samuel 30 (3), Jeremiah 34 (3), Jeremiah 38 (3), Exodus 29 (2), Leviticus 4 (2), Leviticus 7 (2)

Forms

• שׂרף 17
• וישׂרף 11
• ישׂרף 8
• שׂרפו 8
• תשׂרף 7
• ישׂרפו 7
• וישׂרפו 7
• ושׂרף 5
• ושׂרפו 4
• ושׂרפה 4

Words used with it

Words that share verses with saraph more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• אֵשׁ esh “fire” 75
• עִיר ir “city” 19
• בָּשָׂר basar “flesh” 13
• חוּץ chuts “outside” 9
• אֲשֵׁרָה asherah “Asherah” 7
• זֹאת zot “this” 12
• לָקַח laqach “to take” 13
• עוֹר or “skin” 7
• יָתַר yatar “to remain” 7
• דָּקַק daqaq “to crush” 5
• יָצָא yatsa “to come out” 12
• מְגִלָּה megillah “scroll” 5

Key verses

The verses using saraph that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Genesis 38:24 — And it came to pass about three months after, that it was told Judah, saying, Tamar thy daughter in law hath played the harlot; and also, behold, she is with…
• Deuteronomy 7:25 — The graven images of their gods shall ye burn with fire: thou shalt not desire the silver or gold that is on them, nor take it unto thee, lest thou be snared…
• Deuteronomy 12:31 — Thou shalt not do so unto the LORD thy God: for every abomination to the LORD, which he hateth, have they done unto their gods; for even their sons and their…
• Joshua 7:25 — And Joshua said, Why hast thou troubled us? the LORD shall trouble thee this day. And all Israel stoned him with stones, and burned them with fire, after they…
• 2 Kings 23:4 — And the king commanded Hilkiah the high priest, and the priests of the second order, and the keepers of the door, to bring forth out of the temple of the LORD…
• 2 Kings 25:9 — And he burnt the house of the LORD, and the king’s house, and all the houses of Jerusalem, and every great man’s house burnt he with fire.
• Psalms 46:9 — He maketh wars to cease unto the end of the earth; he breaketh the bow, and cutteth the spear in sunder; he burneth the chariot in the fire.
• Isaiah 1:7 — Your country is desolate, your cities are burned with fire: your land, strangers devour it in your presence, and it is desolate, as overthrown by strangers.
• Jeremiah 7:31 — And they have built the high places of Tophet, which is in the valley of the son of Hinnom, to burn their sons and their daughters in the fire; which I…
• Jeremiah 34:22 — Behold, I will command, saith the LORD, and cause them to return to this city; and they shall fight against it, and take it, and burn it with fire: and I will…
• Jeremiah 39:8 — And the Chaldeans burned the king’s house, and the houses of the people, with fire, and brake down the walls of Jerusalem.
• Jeremiah 52:13 — And burned the house of the LORD, and the king’s house; and all the houses of Jerusalem, and all the houses of the great men, burned he with fire:

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.